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On behalf of your ACS CAN Grassroots Manager, Jennifer Poole, and myself, THANK YOU for helping us make great strides for cancer patients, caregivers and survivors. We began our session by presenting a request for a funding increase to the State Millennium Fund that would go to support statewide public

During October volunteers collected over 1000 petitions at American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Events from across the state, These petitions will be delivered during November to Members of Congress to ask them to fund prevention programs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and fund

Community members and advocates, cancer survivors, physicians and scientists gathered for today’s 2016 annual Research Breakfast, sponsored by American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network and MCW Cancer Center Panel experts addressed cancer health disparities, removing barriers to clinical trials, accelerating research and improving research efficiency through data sharing and advocacy

With the rallying cry, “Our Kids are the Return on Investment,” major health groups in New Mexico held a media event and rally outside the Roundhouse on the East Concourse in Santa Fe today to bring attention to the need to re-invest in tobacco prevention, education and cessation programs.

Volunteers took to the town of Edgerton, Wisconsin during the Harry Potter Festival to ask participants to sign a petition to increase cancer research funding and end cancer. After all, you don’t need an invisibility cloak to make cancer disappear. #WizardsHateCancer

On October 13,2016 a Policy Forum on Palliative Care that brought together key leaders and decision makers in business, education, medical research, cancer care, government, and health policy. This event helped to unite those in Maryland who are fighting to end cancer. Thank you to Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center

In the final hours of the special session, New Mexico lawmakers broke a promise to protect future generations from deadly tobacco addiction by draining the $220 million Tobacco Settlement Permanent Fund to fix the state budget crisis. Now, leading health organizations want to ensure that critical state tobacco control programs are not cut to continue closing the budget deficit.

The Indianapolis Star recently published an article in support of the Tobacco Tax. This is a high priority as we go into the 2017 Legislative session.